Infosys Reasoning (Recent) - 2

Infosys Reasoning (Recent) - 2

Directions 1-5: In each question below are given three Statements followed by three Conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given Statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically follows from the given Statements disregarding commonly known facts.

1.       Statements:
Some cycles are busses.  All cars are buses.  Some buses are trains.

Conclusions:
I. All cars are cycles.
II. Some trains are buses.
III. Some trains are cars.

(1) None follows             

(2) Only I and II follow   

(3) Only land III follow   

(4) Only II and III follow                               

(5) None of these
Ans:  (4)

2.       Statements:

All pencils are sticks.  Some sticks are notes.  All diaries are notes.

Conclusions:
I. Some notes are diaries.
II. Some sticks are pencils.
III. Some diaries are sticks.

(1) All follow
(2) Only I follow
(3) Only I and II follow
(4) Only II follows
(5) None of these
Ans:  (5)

3.       Statements:

Some buds are leaves.  No leaf is fruit.  Some fruits are buds.

Conclusions:
I. Some fruits are leaves.
II. All buds are fruits.
III. Some leaves are buds.

(1) Only I or II follows
(2) Only III follows
(3) Only II follows
(4) None follows
(5) None of these
 Ans:  (2)

4.       Statements:

Some birds are animals.  All animals are rivers.  Some rivers are lions.

Conclusions:
I. Some lions are animals
II. Some rivers are birds
III. No animal is lion

(1) Only II follows
(2) Only either I or III follows
(3)  I and II follows
(4)  Only either II or III follow
(5) None of these
Ans:  (3)

5.       Statements:

All boxes are pans.  Some boxes are jugs.  Some jugs are glasses.

Conclusions:
I. Some glasses are boxes
II. No glass is box
III. Some jugs are pans                                                                                                     
IV. No jug is pan

(1) Only I and II follows

(2) Either I or II and III follows

(3)  Only III follows

(4)  Either I or II , and  either  III or IV  follow

(5) None of these
 Ans:  (3)

Directions 6-10 Use the following answer choices for the questions below.
A.   Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
B.   Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
C.    Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
D.    Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
E.     Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.

6.        If the average size of 3 accounts is $1 million, is the smallest account less than $500,000?

1.      The largest account is $1.3 million.
2.      One of the accounts is $0.7 million.
Ans:  (C)

7.       Is the product of x and y greater than 60?

1.      The sum of x and y is greater than 60.
2.      Each of the variables is greater than 2.
Ans:  (A)

8.       What is the value of y?

1.      y - 3 = 2
2.      y2 = 25
Ans: A

9.       What was the percent increase of Company A's stock between June 1 and June 30, 2000?

1.      The stock gained $5 in value during June 2000.
2.      The stock rose 12% during the first half of the month.
Ans:  (E)

10.   Which company reported the larger dollar increase in earnings?

1.      Company A reported that its earnings increased by 5%.
2.      Company B reported that its earnings increased by 7%.
Ans:  (E)

11.    Ramesh starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards North and then after turning to his right he goes 15 km. then he goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each time. How far is he from his starting point?

(A) 5 metres
(B) 10 metres
(C) 20 metres
(D) 15 metres
(E) Cannot be determined
Ans: (B)

12.   Sonalika goes 12 km towards North from a fixed point and then she goes 8 km towards South from there. In the end she goes 3 km towards east. How far and in what direction is she from her starting point?

(A) 7 km East
(B) 5 km West

(C) 7 km West
(D) 5 km North-East
(E)  None of these
Ans: (D)

13.   Sunita goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she goes 15 km. After this she goes 30 km after turning to her right. How far and in what direction is she from her starting point?

(A) 45 km, East
(B) 15 km, East
(C) 45 km, West
(D) 45 Km, North
(E) None of these
Ans: (B)

14.   Kanchan goes 5 m towards east from a fixed point N and then 35 km after turning to her left. Again she goes 10 metres after turning to her right. After this she goes 35 m after turning to her right. How far is she from N?

(A) 40 m
(B) At N

(C) 10 m
(D) 15 m
(E) None of these
Ans: (D)

15.   Shri Prakash walked 40 metres facing towards North. From there he walked 50 metres after turning to his left.  After this he walked 40 metres after turning to his left. How far and in what direction is he now from his starting point?

(A) 40 m, North
(B) 50 m, West
(C) 10 m, East
(D) 10 m, West
(E) None of these
Ans: (B)